Director Profile

Kurt W. Tidd Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '84

  • Rank:

    Admiral

  • Branch:

    Navy

  • Status:

    Retired

  • City of Study:

    Bordeaux, France

  • University:

    University of Bordeaux

  • Language School:

    Defense Language Institute

  • Language:

    French

  • Assignments:
  • 2019 :

    Retired

  • 2016 - 2018:
    Commander
    United States Southern Command, Doral, FL
  • 2013 - 2016 :

    Assistant to the Chairman
    Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon

  • 2012 - 2013 :

    Director for Operations
    J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon

  • 2011 - 2012:

    Commander

    Fourth Fleet and US Naval Forces, US Southern Command

    Mayport, FL

  • 2009 - 2011 :

    Vice Director for Operations

    J-3, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon

  • 2008 - 2009 :

    Commander
    USS EISENHOWER Carrier Strike Group (Eight)
    Norfolk, VA

  • 2005 - 2008 :

    Director (Defense and Strategy Issues)

    Directorate for Combating Terrorism, National Security Council

    The White House

  • 2003- 2005 :

    Commander

    Middle East Force and Destroyer Squadron 50

    Manama, Bahrain

  • 2001- 2003 :

    Navy Operations Group DEEP BLUE

    CNO, Pentagon

  • 1998 - 2001 :

    Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (N-3)

    Commander

    FIFTH Fleet, Manama, Bahrain

  • 1997 - 1998 :

    Commanding Officer

    USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968)

  • 1995 - 1996 :

    Assistant for Strategic Planning

    Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel (N-00K), Pentagon

  • 1993 - 1995:

    Political-Military Analyst

    Secretary of the Navy’s Office of Program Appraisal, Pentagon

  • 1992- 1993 :

    Senior Fellow

    Atlantic Council of the United States,

    Washington, DC

  • 1992 - 1992 :

    Strategy and Policy Division (N-51)

    Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
    Pentagon

  • 1991 - 1992:

    Executive Officer

    USS LEFTWICH (DD-984)

  • 1989 - 1991 :

    Aide-de-Camp to the US Representative

    NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium

  • 1989 - 1989 :

    Student

    Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA

  • 1986 - 1989:

    Operations Officer

    USS DEYO (DD-989)

  • 1984 - 1986 :

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Bordeaux, France

  • 1983 - 1984 :

    Flag Lieutenant to Commander

    Cruiser – Destroyer Group EIGHT

  • 1981 - 1983 :

    Boilers Officer

    USS AMERICA (CV-66)

  • 1979 - 1981 :

    Communications Officer, Main Propulsions Assistant

    USS SEMMES (DDG-18)

  • 1978 - 1979 :

    Instructor in Seamanship and Navigation,

    United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

  • Education:
  • 1986:

    Maitrise, University of Bordeaux

     

  • 1978:

    BS, European Studies, United States Naval Academy